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A young woman is suing TGI Friday's Inc. for negligence, claiming she asked to use a phone and ended up being raped by a Webster restaurant employee who was a registered sex offender.

According to the lawsuit filed Monday in Harris County Civil District Court, the woman known as Jane Doe was 17 at the time of the incident on May 20, 2011.

The employee pleaded guilty to felony sexual assault on July 13, 2012, and is now in prison, according to the plaintiff's petition filed by attorney Rusty Hardin.

The lawsuit states that the rape occurred two days before the teen's high school prom.

"She went from being an outgoing high school cheerleader to a young girl terrified of leaving home," the suit states.

The plaintiff is seeking unspecified damages for pain, anguish and financial losses.

TGI Friday's issued a statement Thursday afternoon by email: "We're currently reviewing the allegations contained in the lawsuit and are unable to discuss elements of the filing during this process."

When the Brazoria County teen went into the restaurant at 19403 Gulf Freeway at about 2 a.m., the doors were unlocked, music was playing loudly and several employees and patrons were at the bar, the petition states.

The restaurant's general manager and other employees were celebrating a manager's birthday and had already been drinking at other establishments, including a sexually oriented business, before gathering at the TGI Friday's in Webster after it closed to the public, the suit states.

Jane Doe entered the business hoping to use a phone to call someone to get a ride home, according to the lawsuit.

A female employee offered her a cellphone, which Doe used to call a friend but got no answer. Then the employee allegedly offered Doe a drink and the bartender poured her a shot, which she refused, the suit states.

A male employee then led her to a dark booth and offered her his phone, but as she was dialing he persuaded her to hang up because it was too noisy. The man led her into the men's bathroom, where he pressured her into the stall for disabled people, the suit states.

He gave her his phone and she called a friend who answered on the second try. With the call connected, the employee offered Doe money to have sex with him, the suit states.

The man took off his pants and underwear, saying he would let her stay on the phone if she had sex with him, but she refused, assuring him she wouldn't tell anyone about his sexual advances if he let her leave.

As the teen was crying and screaming for her friend to come get her and repeatedly yelling for the assailant to let her leave, he covered her mouth, pulled off her underwear and proceeded to rape her, the suit states.

Doe's friend on the phone heard the assault and called her parents, who drove to the restaurant.

The suit contends that an Internet search would have shown that the employee, who is not named in the suit, had registered as a sex offender in March 2005 in Harris County.

According to the plaintiff's petition, at least one other TGI Friday's employee knew the man was a registered sex offender.